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“Righteous is the one who was able to demonstrate compassion in face of human suffering.”

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Aleksander Kwasniewski, born on November 15, 1954, is a former President of Poland. He served as the President from 1995 to 2005 and is a significant political figure in Polish history. more

“The progressive development of man is vitally dependent on invention. It is the most important product of his creative brain. Its ultimate purpose is the complete mastery of mind over the material world, the harnessing of the forces of nature to human needs. This is the difficult task of the inventor who is often misunderstood and unrewarded. But he finds ample compensation in the pleasing exercises of his powers and in the knowledge of being one of that exceptionally privileged class without whom the race would have long ago perished in the bitter struggle against pitiless elements. . . .”

Source: My Inventions

“A century from now it will no more occur to a normal person to mate with a person eugenically unfit than to marry a habitual criminal.”

Persons Century Normal Criminals Mates Habitual

Author:Nikola Tesla

“The only method compatible with our notions of civilization and the race is to prevent the breeding of the unfit by sterilization and the deliberate guidance of the mating instinct. [...] The trend of opinion among eugenists is that we must make marriage more difficult. Certainly no one who is not a desirable parent should be permitted to produce progeny.”

Should Parent Difficult Race Opinion Produce Civilization Method Instinct Notion Guidance Trends Desirable Deliberate Breeding Compatible Mating Progeny Sterilization

Author:Nikola Tesla

“In past ages, the law governing the survival of the fittest roughly weeded out the less desirable strains. Then man's new sense of pity began to interfere with the ruthless workings of nature. As a result, we continue to keep alive and to breed the unfit.”

Men Age Past Law Results Alive Survival Pity Interfere Desirable Strain Ruthless Governing Survival Of The Fittest

Author:Nikola Tesla

“My brain is only a receiver, in the Universe”

Universe Brain Receiver

Author:Nikola Tesla

“If we're going to live an ethical life, it's not enough just to follow the thou-shalt-nots. … If we have enough, we have to share some of that with people who have so little.”

People Ifs Littles Enough Share Ethical

Author:Peter Singer

“My aim is to advocate that we make this mental switch in respect of our attitudes and practices towards a very large group of beings: members of species other than our own - or, as we popularly though misleadingly call them, animals. In other words, I am urging that we extend to other species the basic principle of equality that most of us recognize should be extended to all members of our own species.”

Should Animal Attitude Principles Practice Groups Members Aim Species Being Me Basic Principles Large Groups

Book:Bioethics: An Anthology

Source: Bioethics: An Anthology

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